Been on a couple of Facebook job groups for labs...they are demanding £14-£20 per hour. Some adverts recruiting at £20 per hour.
I'm thinking about trying to raise my rates to £300 per day.
Where the actual f**k is a labourer getting that?a local labourer, waiting on 2 plasterers who are floating houses in sand and cement . plenty of hod carrying is on £170 per day. as a self employed person this equates to a true figure of around £105 per day.
I started as a builders labourer on £2 an hour in 1990. For comparison I think that was about a quarter of what the joiner was getting. Didn't walk around with my eyes shut thoughThe trouble is that labourers would work for builders and learn how to adapt and be useful for many trades , acquiring a good skill level for everything to run smoothly , now it's just for one trade , boredom easily creeps in
Where the actual f**k is a labourer getting that?
I pay €80 a day if I need a hand
He would have to be wanking me off malc under table at brew time for them ratesthe chap that i am talking about is a proper plasterers labour. someone who can hod corse stuff all day. for £80 per day you will only get a druggie or a piss head.
I cant imagine any labourer getting £170 a day
the chap that i am talking about is a proper plasterers labour. someone who can hod corse stuff all day. for £80 per day you will only get a druggie or a piss head.
Plenty of times malc,bread and butter is floating..never heard of a brew break until 55have you ever floated a house in a piece work gang ? they do not stop for brew times.
I knew a few of those kind of lads back in the day. There wouldn't be too many of them about now though what with machines for everything and premix delivered to site in bucketsKeeping 2 good spreads loaded with s/c all day is worth the money
Plenty of times malc,bread and butter is floating..never heard of a brew break until 55
well then you know that floating was where a plasterer earned the most money. an average plasterer can float 100 m2 per day.in sand and cement, a good one would cover a lot more.
100 a day before tax, ni etc worth there weight in gold, good labs, particularly in the render game that’s labour intense. I guess it’s a london and north thing though
I look as it from the view there doing stuff that you’d have to do, in the render game, it’s just cleaning up etc simple tasks meaning I can get on with something else. I’ve bumped loads up over the years, my right hand man started off as a lab, he now runs decent size sites for me, lives in a nice house etcgood lab worth their weight in gold. Agree.
good lab worth their weight in gold. Agree.
I look as it from the view there doing stuff that you’d have to do, in the render game, it’s just cleaning up etc simple tasks meaning I can get on with something else. I’ve bumped loads up over the years, my right hand man started off as a lab, he now runs decent size sites for me, lives in a nice house etc
You don't make hundred pounds a day yourself and there's you bumping your gums about paying a labourer that.
Most you've ever paid anyone is the paper boy a fiver to hold the ladder while you unblock a gutter for £20
Of course. If the guy has half a brain hell be watching and learningAlways difficult . A good lab who understands the role, and has a brain is definitely worth their weight in gold. Can always be one step away from bailing out too. Often to their detriment though!
Of course. If the guy has half a brain hell be watching and learning
Ring me when you get here.Im bailing out tomorrow and going to Ireland
A few gangs I know are operating without one.Two or three plasterers working together and sharing the mixing.Im bailing out tomorrow and going to Ireland
Ring me when you get here.
14 hrs a day
£50 a day whether you deserve it or not
Good long run of work
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